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2008 

It's certainly great to build a new green home from the ground up.  Several thing are necessary, Land, Money and a burning desire to do so. What about the rest of us who live in a used home.  Here are several tips that I use for my clients during and after a home inspection.  My focus is on savin...
11/27/2008
Just thought I would put up some crazy stuff that I have seen. Yes that is a gas line just to the rear of the single wall flue.  The heater was back drafting badly, filling the basement with flue gas.  That is dangerous alone but it could also find it's way upstairs. I know that every one has the...
11/19/2008
If find that when I'm stressed I like to first recognize it.  Then stop, take a deep breath and smell the flowers.  Smelling the flowers can be anything from just thinking about the great blessings that I have to actually smelling the flowers.  In the north east that's a bit difficult this time o...
11/18/2008
Ok so I'll admit it. I like flowers and small animals. My wife is a great gardener. (I dig for her) Bull dogs are cool. Just look at that face! Yep! Real wolf.  A lady was keeping them beside a house I was inspecting. There were 7 or 8 of them including several hybrids.  Several week later I hear...
11/16/2008
I was scanning a home during a normal inspection and the bright spot on the right caught my eye.  I took a closer look with a zoom camera lens and found the nonpaying tenants to the left. They were up high enough that I may have missed them without the IR They had not caused any damage that I cou...
11/14/2008
Pipes in the floor.  It can be very useful if you need to drill or cut the floor for renovation.   Ceiling looks normal But there was a broken pipe in the ceiling of this foreclosed home.  A few minutes later it started to rain in the living room.  ;-)  If you have a leak and are unsure of the so...
11/13/2008
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